0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each,
0:00:04 > 0:00:10a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- Going, going, gone.- Yes!
0:00:13 > 0:00:14- I'm loving that bird.- The aim -
0:00:14 > 0:00:20- to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.- Yes!
0:00:20 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Don't I look handsome?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:27 > 0:00:28or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:31I'm going now.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42They may be zipping along the beautiful roads of Somerset
0:00:42 > 0:00:46but there's a whiff of competition emanating from antiques experts
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Charlie Ross and Thomas Plant.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Are you going to be gentle with me today?
0:00:50 > 0:00:52I'm going to be so gentle with you, Thomas,
0:00:52 > 0:00:53you won't even notice I'm here.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Charlie Ross is no slouch wielding the gavel.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58He ran his own auction house for 25 years
0:00:58 > 0:01:01and knows the business like the back of his hand.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04One thing I can say is I'm now completely lost.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Thomas Plant is a Road Trip veteran.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12With 20 years in the trade, he's a supreme judge of style and taste.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Could look like a pirate now, couldn't I?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Our experts started the week with £200 each
0:01:18 > 0:01:21but one auction later, it's all change.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Are you all done? 100 falling.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26# I'm in the money. #
0:01:27 > 0:01:33Thomas made a small profit, so starts this leg with £225.08.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Charlie, however, had an exceptionally good sale,
0:01:37 > 0:01:41giving him a healthy £295.20 to spend, spend, spend.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Our dapper chappies are heading off on the second leg of their voyage
0:01:48 > 0:01:52in their trusty friend, a natty little 1971 Triumph Spitfire.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- Don't they look dashing, eh?
0:01:54 > 0:01:58This week's Road Trip takes us over 400 miles from deepest Somerset
0:01:58 > 0:02:02right up to Shropshire via North Wales, before looping back
0:02:02 > 0:02:06down to finish at an auction and showdown in Bedford, Bedfordshire.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Today, we're starting our journey in Bath, Somerset,
0:02:09 > 0:02:13then heading north via Kingswood in Bristol to the charming Cotswolds,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17and finally onto an auction in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20And we're firmly on Thomas' patch.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23He's cut his teeth in the antiques trade in Bath
0:02:23 > 0:02:26and members of his family are still in the business here.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29So, today, we're going into Bath, you're going to meet Caroline,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33my aunt. She's lovely. It will be an experience.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Not long before we find out.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Ah! The beautiful Georgian city of Bath and the jewel in its crown,
0:02:40 > 0:02:44the world-famous Royal Crescent, built in the late 1760s.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48I can't wait to meet your aunt.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51If she's anything like you, I'm in trouble.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53I hope she doesn't give you a good deal. Come on.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Auntie Caroline runs her shop in an old grocery store which is
0:02:57 > 0:03:02now home to cats Heidi and Siki and a smorgasbord of antiques,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05and this must be... Caroline the kisser.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Lovely to see you, Caroline.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- This is my good friend, Charlie. - Caroline, lovely to meet you. Mwah!
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- Charmer.- Look after him.- I will.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Please, don't give him too much of a good deal.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- Look, I'm running a business here. - I know you are, I know you are.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27- Oh, that means everything must go. - Including you, Thomas. Off you pop.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Now, what's this Caroline is slipping out of the cabinet?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I bet you've never seen one of these.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36It's a bar of soap!
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- 1937.- Mmm.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- It's a Coronation bar of soap. - Yes.- And it's never been used.- Yes.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Isn't that extraordinary? What a priceless object.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- That's what I thought.- Yes.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Marvellous. How much is it?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- I could do it for £12. - Could you?
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Not sure Charlie's in a lather over that one yet. Still, moving on.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Hang on, hold on. Hold...on.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04That's a little bit damaged.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07It's not damaged, it's completely and utterly knackered.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10SHE LAUGHS
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Well, that bit...
0:04:11 > 0:04:15I think to say this is damaged is the understatement of the year.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20This Regency desk stand would have been made in the early 19th century
0:04:20 > 0:04:23when George IV was acting as Prince Regent.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26It would once have held two glass inkwells
0:04:26 > 0:04:30and a space for wafers, but sadly, this one is now showing its age.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31It's clapped out.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33I notice there's no price on this either.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Well, I didn't really want to sell it.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Oh, didn't you?- Cos it's so nice.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Didn't want to sell it because it's so nice.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Caroline, look me in the eye and say that again.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I could do it for £40.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52I think that is the nicest thing in your shop,
0:04:52 > 0:04:57without a shadow of a doubt. It's absolutely beautiful workmanship.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Caroline, I'm going to ask you a straightforward question here.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- You can say yes or no.- No! - Right, let's move on. No, no, no.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- You've said no.- Go on.- I was going to say would you take £20 for that?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- No.- No, fine. You've just got to try.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14I think at £20 it might make 25 at auction.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I'm sure.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19But I can't do it for 20, Charlie, I'm sorry.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Charlie, I knew you were in for trouble here.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26So that's still no deal for either the soap or the desk stand.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27I would never be forgiven by Thomas
0:05:27 > 0:05:31if I walked out of here without buying something, so...
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I wonder how he's getting on down at the other place.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Probably famously.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Yes, how is the incorrigible nephew getting on?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45He's down the road at the Old Bank Antiques Centre, where,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- of course, he knows the owner Alex. - So nice to see you again.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- Nice to see you, too.- We go back some way.- Yes, a very long way.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58Now, surely there must be something sweet here to tempt our expert?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01That's just fabulous, isn't it? Isn't that wonderful?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Sadly, we do not have the key for it.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06So what would you do? You'd put your bubble gum in there?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- Put your coin in there. - Coin in there.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- And you never see either again. - And it's an original one, isn't it?
0:06:12 > 0:06:18- Yes, a lovely thing.- 1950s. Can that be very cheap?- What's on it?- 55.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- How about 35? - I was more thinking 20!
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- But...- Well, I'll ask about that.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- Do you mind?- Yes. - That's a great fun thing.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29It's a great fun thing, but as you say,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- you can't get into it! - Can't get it open!
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Alex needs to check the price with his partner.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Just every schoolboy
0:06:37 > 0:06:40and schoolgirl's absolute dream to be able to come home,
0:06:40 > 0:06:42put their little penny in,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45turn the knob and out comes a load of sweeties.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47It's just fantastic.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- He wasn't all that pleased at £20. - No, I bet he wasn't.- How about 25?
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Perfect. That is a deal. I would very much like to buy that.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01Well done, Thomas. First purchase of the day. Now the boy's on a roll.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Look at that. This is a piece of Art Nouveau.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Just going to move it over here because,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11you know, my strength is slightly going.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13So an Art Nouveau copper coal or log bin.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15It will come up beautifully.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Look at these fantastic stylised flower heads here.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23You've got these pretty, pretty hearts on the domed lid,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26and it's been planished, which is hammer beaten.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- It's a good thing.- Ah, you've found our hidden treasure.- Yes.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32It's got 85 on it.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- D'you think they'd take 60?- Probably not, actually.- No.- Probably not.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- Five, 65?- Go on then, 65.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- Yeah?- Yes.- Is that all right? You won't get in too much trouble?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Oh, I'm sure I'll get my arm broken.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- Shake my hand before my arm gets broken.- Don't want that to happen.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Nice work from the nifty nephew.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55One coal bin and one bubble gum dispensing machine for a smart £90.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00But still no deal for Charlie over at Auntie Caroline's,
0:08:00 > 0:08:04unless she can tempt him with something else. Stand-by.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09How about this little collection of napkin rings? Knives and forks.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- What absurd things! Aren't they rather jolly?- Mm.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- How much are those?- They're £40.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19They're polishing up a treat.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24- Would you do those for 20 quid?- I... - Give you 20 quid for those.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- Watch my eyes...- 25.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29- 25?- Yup.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- Sold.- Good job you caught... Oh!
0:08:34 > 0:08:40- I'm disappointed you don't need the soap.- How much was the soap?- 12.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- What were they? 25?- Mm.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Can I chuck that in there, make it 35?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- All right then.- Thank you.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Crikey, A deal at last, but he's determined
0:08:50 > 0:08:52not to give up on that desk stand.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54You're not going to sell me the stand for 25?
0:08:54 > 0:08:59- I can try one last time. - We could toss for either 25 or 30.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03So, if Charlie wins, he gets the desk stand for £25.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07If Caroline wins, it's £30. Stand by your beds now.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- Right.- Right.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15- Tails.- You know what they say - tails never fails.- Really?
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- But on this occasion it has.- Oh!
0:09:19 > 0:09:23- Ha-ha!- Zounds!- Get me that dish.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Ooh! Lady Luck is on your side today, Charlie.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30So he gets his wicked way with the desk stand,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33along with a 1937 bar of soap
0:09:33 > 0:09:37and a set of napkin rings from the lovely Caroline, all for £60.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38- How's that?- There we are.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43On the quest for even more lucky finds, Sir Roscoe
0:09:43 > 0:09:47has travelled 11 miles north-west to Kingswood in Bristol.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51He's come to Odds And Todds to see if he can sniff out a deal.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53On hand to assist is Jay. Watch out.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57- Hi, nice to see you. Charlie's the name.- OK.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59What an enormous emporium you have here.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- Any antiques amongst this lot?- There is probably a few here and there.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Right, eyes peeled, Charlie.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Surely you can find your way through this lot.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Crikey! It's like a maze.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14I've been there.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19The front's this way. Ah!
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Downstairs.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24I need something old or quirky.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Yes, I can spot one right there.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- God!- Steady.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Mind the step.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34This isn't easy. This is not easy.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39Ah. There IS a way out. Ooh, God.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Oops-a-daisy! Now, talking of Daisy...
0:10:42 > 0:10:48- Oh, look. Love your farm set. Isn't that fantastic?- Yeah.- Gosh!
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- There's a lot there for the money as well.- A huge amount.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Isn't that lovely? Turkeys. Swans.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01Now, I can see the price is 150 quid. I can't refuse asking.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06- Is there an unforgettable price on this lot?- An unforgettable price?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- The death would be £100 for me on that.- It would?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- That would be the death. - Would you take £90 cash?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Oh, my God, that is hard! - Or is that too hard?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17That is a little bit too hard for me.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- I mean... I do see it £100 all day long.- Do you?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- I'll split the difference with you. - Would you? Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- I don't want to...- That's all right.
0:11:24 > 0:11:2695, just psychologically a bit of a barrier.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Gives you a bit more to play with.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29- Happy with that? - I'm happy with that.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- The farmyard is mine.- No problem. - That's really kind of you. Thank you.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34I'm really pleased with that.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Now, Charlie, all you have to do, old love,
0:11:37 > 0:11:38is to reconvene with Thomas...
0:11:38 > 0:11:42to travel the 52 miles north-east
0:11:42 > 0:11:45to the pretty town of Burford in Oxfordshire.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Right. I think you're down there.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- I'm down there. - I'm up by the roundabout.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53In fact -
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- SCOTTISH ACCENT:- # I'll take the high road and you'll take the low road
0:11:56 > 0:11:59# And I'll be in profit before you! #
0:11:59 > 0:12:01No, you won't! You'll struggle up that hill, Roscoe!
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- Lordy!- I need a walking stick.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10So, while Charlie marches off to his shop,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Thomas is distinctly ambling to his.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17So, what will Bygones have in store for you?
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- Morning.- Hello.- I'm Thomas. - Hello, Thomas. I'm Bryda.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- Bryda?- Yes.- Where's that from?- Wales.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- From Wales?- Yes.- So you're Welsh.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Clever boy, Thomas(!)
0:12:33 > 0:12:35So, this is a piece of...
0:12:35 > 0:12:38It's silver plate. It's a model I've seen a lot of.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41It's by a German manufacturer.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44It's called WMF and it's got a very small mark there.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48It's not the oldest thing ever to walk this Earth.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52But it's still quite iconic. And it's only 20 quid.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55That's what I would call a TP backup if I don't find anything else.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57But it still might be worth buying.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY For sure.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01Not bad, not bad.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04So, how's Roscoe getting on? Steady on, old boy.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08You'll do yourself a mischief. Look at that. He's so agile.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Heading for the large Antiques Centre, and this is not
0:13:11 > 0:13:13the first time Charlie's been in here, so watch out.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18- You must be Giovanni.- I am, yes. - How are you?- Nice to see you.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- I don't think we've met, have we? - No, we haven't.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- How long have you been here? - Ooh, 25 years.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- I know who was here before you. - Back in the Dark Ages...
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Now, this place is huge!
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- I've seen about four things I like so far.- Oh, God!
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- And I'm going to go upstairs. - That's encouraging.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Now, what about these?
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Aren't they lovely?
0:13:39 > 0:13:44Yes, it says £250 but there's a word after that I don't like - "each".
0:13:44 > 0:13:46You don't like the "each", I understand, yes.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50- We can work it out...something. We can do something.- They're gorgeous.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53They're very good decorator's items.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- Very nice, very nice, yes, yes, yes. - But you have to have two, don't you?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59The fact that there's a pair of them either side of a fireplace,
0:13:59 > 0:14:03and if they were of a period, erm,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06they would be hugely valuable. But I like those, and I think if
0:14:06 > 0:14:10the saleroom show them off well, I think they could do well.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Very nice. You probably do a BOGOF offer here, don't you?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- Do you know what a BOGOF is? - No.- Buy one, get one free.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22Erm, perhaps, perhaps. If we get to the right money, yes.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23The right money...
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Er, even as a BOGOF,
0:14:25 > 0:14:29that's still £110 more than you've got in your wallet, Charlie.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32But, someone's not letting go of the idea.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37- Well, you know what I want to do, but I...- Let's sit down and relax.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42- Yes?- I want to buy your two candelabra.- Two...
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- But I've got £140.20.- That's too little. You can keep the 20p.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Well, I'm very happy to give you everything I have in life but...
0:14:49 > 0:14:55- No, it's all right.- For an old man? - Well, not very old but OK, yes.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58We can do a deal, I think, yes. Yes. Yes. All right?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00- Are you really happy?- Yes, I am.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02You've made an old man extremely happy.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05With a reduction of £360, I don't blame you.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- Thank you very much.- That's really, really... I appreciate that, hugely.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13I think they're absolutely delightful.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Well, let's hope the buyers think so, too, eh?
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Now, with Charlie spent out, bar 20p, let's rejoin Thomas
0:15:20 > 0:15:23and see if he's any closer to spending some cash.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25And, like a mythological dragon,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28he's been attracted by a piece of gold.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32This little ring here, can I have a quick look at that little ring?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Little ring?
0:15:33 > 0:15:37The ring and the earrings, actually. That little box, the whole thing.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41So, what I'm looking for is any semblance of a mark
0:15:41 > 0:15:46of any...nature. There's one there.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48And these little emeralds.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52So, what I'm looking for is whether these are a gold
0:15:52 > 0:15:55or whether they're a silver-gilt. I'm pretty sure...
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- I'm pretty sure they're gold. - I'm pretty sure that they are gold.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01I do like them.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Could you do them for 80?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Could I ask for 95?
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Erm...can I meet you halfway at 85?
0:16:11 > 0:16:16- 90?- I'd prefer 85 and...well, I...
0:16:17 > 0:16:21I could buy something else. I've seen something else I'd like to buy.
0:16:21 > 0:16:27Ah, the Thomas Plant back-up item, the WMF vase, marked at £20.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Could we do 90 for the lot?
0:16:30 > 0:16:34I had thought of 95.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- 95 for the lot.- 95 for the lot.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40So, that would cost a tenner and these would cost 85.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- So, are you sure you can't do 90?- I'd rather not.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47You'd rather not. Well that's fine. That's fine, I get that.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I think we'll do that.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Nicely done, Thomas.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Our chaps are leaving Burford in the dust
0:16:53 > 0:16:56and motoring on to the charming Cotswold town
0:16:56 > 0:16:59of Bourton-on-the-Water, in Gloucestershire.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04- Charlie's dropping Thomas off for his next shop.- Right, out you get.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Looking glass.- Looking glass.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Do you think I'll find something to eat me, that'll make me grow big?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12It can't make you any bigger!
0:17:12 > 0:17:13THEY LAUGH
0:17:13 > 0:17:17While Thomas finds his way inside, Charlie has an appointment to keep.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20He's heading north, to the village of Stow-on-the-Wold,
0:17:20 > 0:17:25where there's a museum dedicated to one of his greatest passions -
0:17:25 > 0:17:26cricket.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35- He's come to meet the man who set up the museum, Andy Collier.- A-ha!
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- Nice to meet you.- Andy, is it? - Welcome to Cotswold Cricket Museum.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Thank you very much indeed. Lovely to see you.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Andy gave up his life as an electrician to devote himself
0:17:45 > 0:17:46to his favourite sport
0:17:46 > 0:17:49and has spent the last 20 years collecting cricket memorabilia,
0:17:49 > 0:17:53some of which tells the story of the game from its earliest beginnings.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Luckily, Charlie appears to have come prepared.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Let's hope he's not wearing his box.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- But actually...- Now, I'm going to make myself more appropriate.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03I hope you'll approve.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08Ooh, look...member of the MCC. I'm impressed!
0:18:08 > 0:18:11So, competitive cricket really began to get going
0:18:11 > 0:18:14in the 19th century, with one particular player changing
0:18:14 > 0:18:16the uniform for ever due to a terrible accident.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Alfred Mynn was reputed to be the first man to wear pads in cricket.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- When he...- Really?! - He had his leg severely bruised
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- by Samuel Redgate from Nottingham...- Yeah.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27..and nearly had his leg amputated.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30And then after two years convalescence,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33he started wearing a pad inside his sock.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Early bats and stumps were quite different to those
0:18:37 > 0:18:39we all know today.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Bowling, too, would not be recognisable in today's game.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Watch out! I think Roscoe's determined to demonstrate.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- How did they first start? - Underarm.- Really?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Underarm, yeah, a little bit like bowls now, really.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57People have got much bigger and therefore taller,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59and therefore the ball must be coming faster.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02If a tall, for example, West Indian is coming along and bowling at you,
0:19:02 > 0:19:08between him letting go of the ball and me hitting the ball,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10how much time have I got?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Between half a second and three quarters of a second.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Half a second! It's extraordinary, isn't it?
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Andy's museum pays tribute to the two greatest cricketers of all time.
0:19:21 > 0:19:27He has WG Grace's actual bat and a wall dedicated to Donald Bradman.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31This man, Bradman, who was Australian - how good was he?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33He was the best ever.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Can you put that into statistics?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Average of 99.94.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Which means every time he went out to bat,
0:19:40 > 0:19:42the chances are he was going to score 100.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- Every third innings, he got 100.- That's amazing.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Whereas a good batsman today would average 50 if they're really good.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51You're a good player if you get 45.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55So, he was twice as good as any other player that ever lived!
0:19:55 > 0:19:59Donald Bradman epitomised the enduring cricketing rivalry
0:19:59 > 0:20:01between Australia and England,
0:20:01 > 0:20:06one that continues today with the greatest battle of all, The Ashes.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07That's a replica Ashes.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09That's a replica of The Ashes.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11It's always surprising to see how tiny it is.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16The Ashes were so named after a satirical obituary
0:20:16 > 0:20:19was printed in The Times after Australia beat England
0:20:19 > 0:20:21for the first time on English soil.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Inside the original urn are reputedly the ashes of a burnt bale.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- I raise my cap to you. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31- Thank you so much for having me. - Absolute pleasure, Charlie.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Now, let's catch up with Thomas.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36I hope he's not going to be stumped for what to buy in his
0:20:36 > 0:20:38last shop of the day.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43Well, I've got £40...£40!
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Which isn't a great deal.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47But I could buy a little knick-knack.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50What's new? And there's plenty to feast your eyes on in this shop,
0:20:50 > 0:20:54especially if you have magpie eyes like our Thomas.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58So this is a vesta case, so you put your matches in there
0:20:58 > 0:21:00and you strike them on the bottom,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02but it's got die in here.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04It's quite a fun thing.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08It's quite unusual that's it got this gaming set in it, isn't it?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Time to call over shop owner Norman.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- What can that be? Please, please?- 30.
0:21:15 > 0:21:1730, thank you.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22- Can you do that for 25? - I'll go 28.- OK.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25But that's a bit fun, that, isn't it?
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- That's unusual.- It's a fun thing. It's different.- It is different.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- Do you know, 25 and you've got a deal.- I'll do it.- Yeah?- Cheers.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- Thank you very much.- God bless.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Hope you strike it lucky with that one.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- So, Thomas is all shopped out. - It's been a pleasure, thanks.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- I've enjoyed myself.- Great to see you.- I hope I do well with it.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Charlie began with £295.20 and spent exactly £295 on five auction lots.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55A Regency desk stand, a set of eight serviette rings,
0:21:55 > 0:22:00a pair of ornate wall lights, a 1937 Coronation bar of soap
0:22:00 > 0:22:02and a 130-piece farmyard set.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06As you do. Thomas started this leg with £225.08
0:22:06 > 0:22:11and spent a grand total of £210 on five auction lots.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16A 1950 sweet dispenser, an Art Nouveau copper coal bin,
0:22:16 > 0:22:20a WMF vase, a vesta case with three gaming dies
0:22:20 > 0:22:23and an emerald dress ring with gold earrings.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Let's find out what they thought of each other's lots, eh?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Thank you very much.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Thomas Plant!
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Your gold is, frankly, stolen,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36and will make you a huge profit.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39I do not like the girandoles, those lights.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42They could make a lot of money but I don't think they're going to.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45It's really on a knife edge, this one. Really on a knife edge.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49The race is on! Watch this space.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51We're on the edge of our seats, you know (!)
0:22:51 > 0:22:56Thomas and Charlie's second day began in Bath, Somerset,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58travelled north to Kingswood in Bristol,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01then onto the Cotswolds and now we'll conclude at an
0:23:01 > 0:23:04auction showdown in Stroud, in Gloucestershire.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- Here we are. Well driven, sir. - Marvellous, thank you.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11The boys' battle ground for today is Stroud Auction Rooms,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14a large, busy auction house with all manner of antiques
0:23:14 > 0:23:17and collectables, poised to go under the hammer.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23First up is Thomas' bubble gum dispenser, don't you know!
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Straight in at £38, 40. At £38 bid with me, now 40.
0:23:27 > 0:23:2942, still with me. Is there five?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32At £42, the bid's still with me. 45, 48. Is there 50?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35At £48, it's still on the book, now looking for 50.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- Wow! Fantastic.- It's in there.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41That's phenomenal.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44You said it, Roscoe. A sweet profit for Thomas.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Thomas Plant...
0:23:47 > 0:23:49I'm going now!
0:23:49 > 0:23:53It's Charlie's favourite next, his Regency desk stand.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Straight in at £18, is there 20? £18, the bid's with me. Looking for 20.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59I thought it was going to be 80.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01At £18, 20, takes me straight out on the internet. Is there two?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03At 22 on the net, is there five?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06At £22 on the internet, 25 on the net, now is there eight?
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- At £25, the bid's on the internet. - Doing well, doing well.- It's not.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10I'm not into a profit yet.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Caroline's done me over good.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Don't blame the auntie, Charlie.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20The right buyer just wasn't out there today. Bad luck.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Thomas' copper coal bin is next. Will his luck continue?
0:24:24 > 0:24:29- At £55, is there 60? At £55, the bid's with me.- You're a genius.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34- There's somebody on the phone! - 70. And five's with me. 80.
0:24:34 > 0:24:3780 takes me out on the telephone now, is there five?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40At £80, the bid's on the phone. Now it's for five. 85's on the net, 90.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42They're on the net! Go on.
0:24:42 > 0:24:4590, at £85 on the internet now, is there 90?
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- At £85, I'm selling.- I don't like to gloat, but that's a £20 profit.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Well, you are gloating, Thomas, and it's not pretty. Well done, though.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Another excellent profit.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Thomas, if I may say so,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00it is a privilege merely to be in the same room with a man who...
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Now, will Charlie make up some lost ground with his
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- novelty napkin rings?- And what can we say? £20 to get started?
0:25:07 > 0:25:08No bid at all.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- £20, surely? £10, then, to get them on the move.- Ten.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- Ten quid for them.- Roscoe.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- AUCTIONEER DROWNS OUT SPEECH - Calm down!
0:25:16 > 0:25:2118 now on the net. Is there 20? At £18, I'm selling. To the net now, 18.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Whoops!
0:25:23 > 0:25:25A loss to add to Charlie's woes.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29- I'm not downhearted.- Don't be down in the mouth.- I'm British.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Thomas' WMF vase is up next.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Bid's straight in with me at £20. Is there two?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37At £20, the bid's with me. Now looking for two.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39At 22 on the net, 25 still with me, is there eight?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42At £25, the bid's 28. 30 is still with me, is there two?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43At £30, it's still on commission.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44- Now looking for two.- Wow!
0:25:44 > 0:25:4832 on the net takes me out. Is there five? At £32, 35 on the net.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Now, is there eight? At 35, 38 on the net, now, is there 40?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53At £38 on the internet, looking for 40.
0:25:53 > 0:25:5540's on the net now, looking for two.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59At £42 on the internet, looking for five. At £42, I'm selling.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03All online. All online. Probably bought by a man in Bangkok.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Yeah, all right! Doesn't matter if it is.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Whoever bought it, they've given Thomas yet another profit.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11- You are on fire...- This is not...
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Now it's Charlie's big purchase.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17His gilt metal wall lights. Could they light up his day?
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- Can we say £40 to get me started? £40 for someone?- Uh-oh!
0:26:21 > 0:26:22£30, then, to get them on the move...
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- Oh, no, Roscoe, Roscoe. - They only cost £140.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- Oh, lordy.- 30's bid on the internet. Thank you. Is there two?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31- A £30 bid on the net now, looking for two.- Oh, Roscoe!
0:26:31 > 0:26:35At £30 on the internet, now looking for two. At £30, selling away...
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Our Father who art in heaven!
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- Hallowed be thy name...- Oh! - Thy kingdom come...
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Roscoe, I feel your pain.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- ..Thy will be done.- And so do I!
0:26:45 > 0:26:50A shuddering, earth-crashing loss of £110 for Roscoe.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Do you know, it's not pain, Thomas. It's agony!
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Next up is the little vesta case.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02At £55, the bid's with me, now looking for 60.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06At £60 on the internet, looking for five. 65? 65's bid in the room.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Thank you. Is there 70? At £65, it's in the room. Now looking for 70.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13At 65, 70's on the internet, 75. £75 bid in the room, now, is there 80?
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- At £75, the bid's in the room. Now looking for 80.- Wow, wow.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19At £75, I'm selling to the room now. At 75...
0:27:21 > 0:27:23- That's fantastic.- Brilliant.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Brilliant indeed. Thomas is most definitely on a roll today.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31£25 to get us all started. £25, surely?
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Do you know, I hate to say it's coming down to Roscoe's bar of soap,
0:27:35 > 0:27:36but it is.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39I have £8 to start it off. Is there ten?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42At £8... Ten takes me out of the room now. Is there 12? At £10.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45The bid's in the room now. Looking for 12. 14, sir? 14 in the room.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Is there 16? At £14 in the room, 16 on the net. 18, sir?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51At £18, already jumped on the internet, now is there 20?
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- Could make 100.- Is there five? At £22. 25 in the room?
0:27:54 > 0:27:5825's bid in the room. Is there eight? At £25. I'm selling.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59In the room, at 25...
0:28:01 > 0:28:06- # Sweet Caroline... - Bam-bam... #
0:28:06 > 0:28:10At last! Who'd have thought it? A shining profit for Charlie.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Talk about coming up smelling of roses! It's not over yet.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18True. But Thomas' next lot would have to crash quite badly to help
0:28:18 > 0:28:21you out, old boy. It's the gold ring and earrings.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Straight in at £200. Is there 220?
0:28:24 > 0:28:28At £200, the bid's with me, now looking for 220. At £200...
0:28:28 > 0:28:29- What did they cost?- 85.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33At £200, on commission now, looking for 220. 230, still with me.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Is there 240?
0:28:35 > 0:28:40- At 230, still on commission. Looking for 240.- Wow.- At £240, I sell.
0:28:40 > 0:28:46- Wow.- £240! Thomas...you've had a cracker of a day.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50He certainly has. Great profit there, Thomas.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52There's a spring in your step, isn't there?
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Not really cos I've hurt my ankle but there is a slight spring.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59It's the last lot of the day, Charlie's farmyard animals.
0:28:59 > 0:29:05They need to make at least £382 for him - ha! - to triumph on this leg.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06Still, you never know.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- At £95, the bid's with me now... - That's what it cost.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11At 95, 100 on the net, 110 still with me.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Is there 120? At 120... 120, 130. Still with me.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18- Is there 140?- Up to 500! - Bid's with me now. Looking for 140.
0:29:18 > 0:29:19140 on the phone.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21On the phone!
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- 140 takes me out the telephone now. Is there 150?- Ooh!
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- At £140, the bid's on the phone. - I want to bid 150!- At £140,
0:29:27 > 0:29:31I'm selling away to the telephone now at 140...
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Yes!
0:29:33 > 0:29:35So excited for you, Roscoe.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39OK, so, not the stonking profit he needed
0:29:39 > 0:29:42but it is a profit nevertheless, so well done!
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- Well done.- I needed that. I needed that so badly.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Cor! How the tables have turned.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Charlie started this leg with a robust £295.20
0:29:57 > 0:30:01and has made a loss of £99.84 after auction costs.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06That leaves him with a rather depleted total of £195.36
0:30:06 > 0:30:08to carry forward.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Gloomy. Thomas, on the other hand, has had a bumper day.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16He kicked off this leg with £225.08
0:30:16 > 0:30:20and made a handsome profit of £191.80 after costs.
0:30:20 > 0:30:25Meaning he ends up with £416.88 to spend next time.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Well done, old fruit.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30- Are you going to drive? - I'm going to drive.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Surely you can afford a chauffeur now!
0:30:33 > 0:30:35- Come on. You drove when you won last time.- Oh, all right.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39- So it's my turn to drive now.- You're a rotter.- I'm not a rotter.- You are.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42I'm not! Brilliant!
0:30:42 > 0:30:43And modest. On this third leg,
0:30:43 > 0:30:46we're kicking off in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire,
0:30:46 > 0:30:48then heading for Worcestershire,
0:30:48 > 0:30:50before motoring north for an auction
0:30:50 > 0:30:52in Wrexham, North Wales.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57Sitting near the River Severn is the town of Tewkesbury -
0:30:57 > 0:31:00a little piece of the Middle Ages preserved in time -
0:31:00 > 0:31:03although some parts are better preserved than others.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06HE LAUGHS
0:31:06 > 0:31:09- What a splendid establishment. - Oh, look at that!
0:31:09 > 0:31:10BOTH: Oh!
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- Good luck, old bean. - Good luck to you.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15I'm off. Bye-bye. Find yourself a shop.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Be careful with your £400.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Shh!
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Look at him go!
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Charlie's shop du jour is Coach House Antiques.
0:31:25 > 0:31:31He has £195.36 to spend on an eclectic mix of pieces.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35And after a good old sniff about...
0:31:35 > 0:31:38I'm inexorably drawn back to this cabinet.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42Which is owned by dealer John, who, luckily, is here today.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44These are fabulous pot lids.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47The Duke of Wellington's funeral.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- Framed, ready to go.- Yeah.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- How much is that one?- 195.- Yeah.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53But it is quite a rare one.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57That's a rare lid. That's such a wonderful thing, isn't it?
0:31:57 > 0:31:58Yeah.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Blow your money on one thing, Roscoe...
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Uh-oh... In the mid-19th century,
0:32:04 > 0:32:07new printing technology allowed multicoloured transfers
0:32:07 > 0:32:11to be printed on pot lids and other everyday wares.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Pot lids like these are now highly sought after
0:32:13 > 0:32:16for their technical excellence, variety,
0:32:16 > 0:32:19and their value as social and historical records.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21This one depicts the funeral of the Duke of Wellington
0:32:21 > 0:32:24and has a ticket price of £195.
0:32:24 > 0:32:30- How much is that?- To you? - To me. Well, 600 to me!
0:32:30 > 0:32:31CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:32:31 > 0:32:35- I'll give that to you for £100. - Would you really?- I will.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37That is a good buy.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40I'm going to ask one question from a psychological point of view,
0:32:40 > 0:32:42not really a financial one.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Could it be £95?
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Only in so much that it's psychologically better than 100.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50- Yes.- Are you sure?- Yes.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53That's just under half your entire budget, Charlie!
0:32:53 > 0:32:55You are a brave man.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56A wonderful man, sir. Thank you.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57WOMAN CLAPS
0:32:57 > 0:32:59A round of applause!
0:32:59 > 0:33:00A round of applause.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03Charlie's not finished yet.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06There's something else tempting in John's cabinet -
0:33:06 > 0:33:09a very old-looking bottle, possibly Roman.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12Extraordinary condition, isn't it?
0:33:12 > 0:33:14"Riga Balsam."
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- That's quite a rare thing, isn't it? - Yeah.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19I don't know that it's Roman. So I'd be taking...
0:33:19 > 0:33:21They are very hard to...
0:33:21 > 0:33:23I'd be taking a complete gamble.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25It's in extraordinary condition if it is Roman, isn't it?
0:33:25 > 0:33:27It is, yeah.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30The ticket price on the bottle is £35.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Can John do another deal?
0:33:33 > 0:33:36- It can be yours for £20. - Could it really?
0:33:36 > 0:33:38- There's no downside, is there, at 20 quid?- That's right.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Oh, what the heck. I like this.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43No downside at all.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45So, Charlie's raid on John's cabinet
0:33:45 > 0:33:48has resulted in a Victorian pot lid and possibly Roman bottle
0:33:48 > 0:33:50both for £115.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Now, let's see if Thomas is as flash with his cash in Attica.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56He's got £416.88 to spend.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Hello, I'm Thomas, Thomas Plant.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00- What's your name?- Mark Turner.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Mark, nice to meet you.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Get browsing, Thomas.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Ooh, I think something's caught his eye,
0:34:08 > 0:34:10with a ticket price of £20.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Solid pair of field glasses.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18But what's interesting about them
0:34:18 > 0:34:23is they've got the broad arrow mark for military issue.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28"11089" - that's interesting.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30So these are probably First World War.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33So those, you've got 20 on.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35What can be the best on the binoculars, please?
0:34:35 > 0:34:38- 15.- 15...OK, cool.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39Could I offer you 12?
0:34:39 > 0:34:40MARK SIGHS
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- Make it 14.- Make it 14.- Yeah. - And it's a deal.- Yeah.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46All right, OK. I'll have those.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49First World War binoculars at 14 can't be bad.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52I'll have those, thank you very much.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Not bad at all - in fact, quite an eye opener.
0:34:56 > 0:34:57Ha!
0:34:57 > 0:35:01Is it me, or does our Thomas remind you of a teddy bear?
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Now, here's something Winnie the Pooh
0:35:03 > 0:35:04would definitely like.
0:35:07 > 0:35:08I do love that.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11It's for drizzling honey.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Honey pourer/drizzler.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16The honey goes in there and you drizzle it out.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19You can see, it's almost like a honeycomb
0:35:19 > 0:35:21but the construction of that is just beautiful.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25That has been made on a wheel.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27I think it's incredibly stylish, actually...
0:35:27 > 0:35:29It is so stylish.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30What can that be?
0:35:32 > 0:35:34I wouldn't want to go lower than 12.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38It's something quite quirky, quite unusual,
0:35:38 > 0:35:40it's got a real charm about it.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42It has got a charm. It has got a charm.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44West Country, Bristolian charm.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46All right, all right...
0:35:46 > 0:35:50You're pressing my buttons. You know you are, Mark.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52So, what's the best on that?
0:35:52 > 0:35:5412 on that. I couldn't go any lower.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58- So that makes those two 26... - 14 and 12, 26.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Can we do the two for 25?
0:36:00 > 0:36:02- Um...yes.- Keeps it...
0:36:02 > 0:36:04No, that's fine, I'm happy with that.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Well done, Thomas! Two items in the old bag.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Thomas is travelling to the small town of Upton-Upon-Severn
0:36:13 > 0:36:15for a spot more shopping.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19Now, what does this rather fetching establishment have in store?
0:36:21 > 0:36:23- Hello.- Hello, how are you?
0:36:23 > 0:36:27- I'm Thomas.- Hi, Thomas. I'm Lee. - Lee, nice to meet you.- You too.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31Everything in Croome Antiques has been chosen by owner Lee
0:36:31 > 0:36:34and there's all kind of quirky things lurking about.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39And now, anyone for the races?
0:36:39 > 0:36:42There's more to this horse and rider than meets the eye.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45This is a spelter table light.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48So what you do, there's meant to be a little...
0:36:48 > 0:36:51This is the post where the horse is tethered to the jockey
0:36:51 > 0:36:54and there's meant to be a little striker in there
0:36:54 > 0:36:58and it's filled with, uh...paraffin.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00And you can take it out and you can strike it on there
0:37:00 > 0:37:03and you can hand the lighter round to your colleagues after supper
0:37:03 > 0:37:06to light one's cigars or cigarettes with.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08So it's a Deco table light.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10I quite like that.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13It's missing its striker and there's some damage to the base,
0:37:13 > 0:37:16so the ticket price on this table lighter is £98.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18One to think about.
0:37:20 > 0:37:26What a fabulous, fabulous spirit kettle on a stand.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Look at that!
0:37:28 > 0:37:34Straight out of the Art Nouveau period, by WMF.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35Wow!
0:37:35 > 0:37:37What a thing.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Oh, look at that cane handle.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43What a thing of beauty.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Ho! Ho!
0:37:46 > 0:37:48What a fabulous thing.
0:37:48 > 0:37:49I think he likes it.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Oh, and it's the early mark, as well.
0:37:51 > 0:37:52Oh...!
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Right, so this is a really early mark for WMF.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59It's the ostrich in the diamond, there.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Badly bashed.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03From its early days in the late 19th century
0:38:03 > 0:38:05through to the First World War,
0:38:05 > 0:38:08German manufacturing company WMF
0:38:08 > 0:38:12became one of the most prolific producers of elegant designs
0:38:12 > 0:38:14formed in metal and glass.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17This piece is stamped with the rare ostrich mark,
0:38:17 > 0:38:22which was replaced in 1907 by a simple WMF.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27What a thing of absolute...beauty.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31What a thing. But it has seen slightly better days.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34I like that. I'm going to ask about that,
0:38:34 > 0:38:35see what can be done.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38That's two items to consider. Could this be a third?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40That's lovely, isn't it?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43It's Art Nouveau. It's in pewter.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48You've got the two flower heads. You've got the sinuous stem.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49It would have been a drinks...
0:38:49 > 0:38:51It would have been a tray for drinks.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55But it is very attractive and that pewter look is good-looking.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59And it's so cheap - £18.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02I think that's quite a good thing. I think that could make money.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06So, there's the pewter plate, the WMF kettle
0:39:06 > 0:39:08and the jockey table lighter.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- What can you do?- OK, well, the horse, um...we've got 98 on,
0:39:12 > 0:39:14so we'll do that for 80.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15- OK.- OK?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17The WMF, um...
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I haven't got a lot of manoeuvrability with that,
0:39:21 > 0:39:24I'll be honest with you. We've got 110 on it.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28- Mm, you like it, though, don't you? - I do, I love it. Yeah.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30I could hear the noise and the commotion when you...
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Yeah, it's very nice, it's a nice thing.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34- So, £100.- Oh...!
0:39:34 > 0:39:35LEE LAUGHS
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Yeah.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- And the Art Nouveau tray is 18. - Yeah.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43We'll do that for 15, of course.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Um...
0:39:45 > 0:39:51Cos that's damaged, I was thinking that should be...a bit less. 60.
0:39:51 > 0:39:5360?!
0:39:53 > 0:39:58I was hoping for 70 for the kettle and stand.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- For the tray, I get it. - Yes.- That's fine.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04How do those figures grab you?
0:40:04 > 0:40:0760, 70, get the tray.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10OK - tray at 15, that one...uh...
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- I'll accept 60 on that.- OK.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15I'll go to 90 on that, but no less.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18And I think that's a very good buy at 90.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22Make it...150 for the lot, and you've got a deal.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26THOMAS LAUGHS
0:40:28 > 0:40:30- 155.- Oh!
0:40:30 > 0:40:31LEE LAUGHS
0:40:31 > 0:40:33And that's a good price.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35(Oh, 155...)
0:40:35 > 0:40:37So that's one, two, three...
0:40:38 > 0:40:39OK...
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- We're splitting hairs, really, aren't we?- We are.- Come on.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Thank you very much. - Thank you, Thomas. Appreciate it.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Lee's done you proud there, Thomas.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Now, this should be interesting.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Our sparring partners are heading for Malvern
0:40:53 > 0:40:55and their shops are right next door to one another.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- Roscoe.- Do your worst, Planters.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59Oh!
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Come on, Roscoe! Bounce out!
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- You're remarkably lithe, aren't you? - I'm fit, aren't I?
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Fit for shopping, I hope.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Thomas has bagged Foley House Antiques Centre.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- Hello, Thomas. I'm Bridget. - Bridget. Very nice to meet you.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- Well, I'll have a good look around, if that's all right?- Please do.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Thank you very much.
0:41:18 > 0:41:19Have a good scoot...
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Bridget, there's stuff everywhere.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Yes, Thomas - it's a shop, don't you know?
0:41:24 > 0:41:27I haven't even looked in these cabinets here.
0:41:27 > 0:41:28It's extraordinary.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Um...
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Oh, Bridget, I feel your pain.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35It's a no. It's a no. God, I'm being a pain.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38I give up. Quick, let's go and look next door.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Charlie's making himself at home in Promenade Antiques,
0:41:44 > 0:41:46watched by friendly owner Mark.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49- Anyway, may I have a look round? - You're more than welcome.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50See what I can find.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52As long as you do more than just look, Charlie.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59That is an enormous dinner service.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01That's a real gamble lot, something like that, isn't it?
0:42:01 > 0:42:04If you went to buy that, it would cost you...
0:42:05 > 0:42:06..£3,000?
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- Each plate's £30-£40. - And there's 12 of those.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12£50. There's 12 - 5, 12, 60...
0:42:12 > 0:42:14I bet there's £3,000 worth of stuff there.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Not sure I've got quite enough money for that.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Yeah, the dinner service has £170 on the ticket.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Best aim for something more suited to your budget,
0:42:23 > 0:42:25like this.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- I like your toffee hammer. - Memories of childhood.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Memories of childhood - isn't that wonderful?
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Look at that - toffee hammer.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35But you have a slab of toffee,
0:42:35 > 0:42:41and the retailer would smash up the toffee and sell it in chunks.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44That's a wonderful thing, and it says "for toffee".
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Isn't that delightful? What a wonderful memory.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52That's well worth considering, that is.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55I might as well ask a question - um...
0:42:56 > 0:42:58That's not something I would normally buy,
0:42:58 > 0:43:02that dinner service, as you know - there's so much of it.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05And it would be a complete gamble at auction, but...um...
0:43:05 > 0:43:08I've got just under 100 quid, it's not going to buy that, is it?
0:43:08 > 0:43:10How much just under?
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Started with £195 and I've got 80 quid left,
0:43:13 > 0:43:15so I don't know whether...
0:43:15 > 0:43:17That's probably not going to do the trick, is it?
0:43:17 > 0:43:20- I did have some breakfast cups that went with it.- Yes.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24- And I sold those yesterday to a lady.- Did you?
0:43:24 > 0:43:26To match her own service, presumably?
0:43:26 > 0:43:29- And she gave me a good price for them.- Yeah.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31So...as that happened, in that case,
0:43:31 > 0:43:34I could do that for the money that you're offering.
0:43:34 > 0:43:35Could you?
0:43:35 > 0:43:38I think that's a phenomenal offer, I have to say.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40Heart over head, isn't it?
0:43:40 > 0:43:43The thing I like best of all is your toffee...
0:43:43 > 0:43:45Yeah. It's good fun.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47That's a great thing.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49So Charlie's hoping to snaffle up the toffee hammer
0:43:49 > 0:43:53AND the dinner service for his remaining cash.
0:43:53 > 0:43:59If I gave you £80.36 - and that is my total wipe-out -
0:43:59 > 0:44:01could I have that and the toffee hammer?
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Seeing as you like the toffee hammer, I'll do that.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06Are you sure? That's really kind of you.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09And just like that, Charlie's spent out.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12Now, how's Thomas getting on?
0:44:12 > 0:44:15I've been perusing. I've been perusing.
0:44:15 > 0:44:20And because I have an Art Nouveau pewter plate,
0:44:20 > 0:44:24- it would fit quite nicely with this mirror.- Oh, right.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26- Because that's Arts and Crafts as well.- Yes, yes.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28Um...well, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts.
0:44:28 > 0:44:29For goodness' sake, for 32,
0:44:29 > 0:44:32- you're not going to ask for discount?- I am.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34- I am! Come on!- Oh!
0:44:34 > 0:44:37Come on. See, they would fit well together.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40A plate and a mirror.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43Ah, so Thomas wants to put the mirror in the same lot
0:44:43 > 0:44:46as the pewter plate he bought earlier - cunning.
0:44:46 > 0:44:50- It's quite cheap.- I know it's cheap. So you don't need discount, do you?
0:44:50 > 0:44:54- £20 would be buying it. - 25 would be buying it.
0:44:54 > 0:44:5720 and you've got a deal.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00- Go on, then. Go on.- Superb.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02You're very sweet. Thank you very much.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04Phew! He's bought something at last,
0:45:04 > 0:45:06putting us all out of our misery.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08Eh? Ha!
0:45:08 > 0:45:10The chaps are leaving Malvern behind
0:45:10 > 0:45:12and are heading nine-and-a-half miles north
0:45:12 > 0:45:14to the city of Worcester.
0:45:15 > 0:45:19Worcester is most famous for its well-known sauce -
0:45:19 > 0:45:20uh, I mean cathedral,
0:45:20 > 0:45:24the earliest parts of which date back to the 11th century.
0:45:24 > 0:45:28- Look at the cathedral. - Oh, yes, look at that.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31But it's not the cathedral Thomas is here to explore.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34He has an appointment with something altogether more grisly.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36He's heading to the George Marshall Medical Museum
0:45:36 > 0:45:40to meet curator Frank Crompton.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44- So, you've got some interesting things to show me.- Absolutely.
0:45:44 > 0:45:48- Ah, well, lead on then, Frank. - Right.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Most of the artefacts in this museum
0:45:50 > 0:45:53were collected by one man, George Marshall.
0:45:53 > 0:45:56He was a consultant surgeon at the Worcester Infirmary
0:45:56 > 0:45:59from the 1940s to the 1960s and an enthusiastic collector
0:45:59 > 0:46:01of old medical and surgical equipment.
0:46:01 > 0:46:06Over the course of 50 years, he amassed several thousand objects,
0:46:06 > 0:46:09each telling its own story of the history of medicine -
0:46:09 > 0:46:13and some of them are rather macabre.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16So, Frank, what are these here?
0:46:16 > 0:46:17These are death masks of prisoners
0:46:17 > 0:46:20who were hanged at the jail in Worcester.
0:46:20 > 0:46:25As soon as the criminal was taken off the rope, so to speak,
0:46:25 > 0:46:29- they did a plaster cast of his face. - Yes.
0:46:29 > 0:46:33In the 19th century, death masks of criminals were taken
0:46:33 > 0:46:35because it was believed they could be used
0:46:35 > 0:46:37to predict criminal behaviour.
0:46:38 > 0:46:42Whilst studying the workings of the mind was still in its infancy,
0:46:42 > 0:46:45so too was 19th-century surgery.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48I'll show you the operating chair here.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52This was made between 1840 and 1850
0:46:52 > 0:46:56and, basically, if you wanted to do an operation without anaesthetics,
0:46:56 > 0:46:58they were actually strapped to this chair.
0:46:58 > 0:47:02And so these little holes here would take straps...
0:47:02 > 0:47:04Leather straps or webbing straps, we're not sure.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06..to strap the poor person down.
0:47:06 > 0:47:10There were various techniques which were used to try and dull the pain -
0:47:10 > 0:47:14sometimes alcohol was used, the person consumed some alcohol,
0:47:14 > 0:47:16which would desensitise them.
0:47:16 > 0:47:20But normally, they were simply strapped in there
0:47:20 > 0:47:23and there would be some fairly hefty people around
0:47:23 > 0:47:25to make sure they didn't squirm about too much.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27Doesn't bear thinking about, does it?
0:47:27 > 0:47:28Ugh!
0:47:28 > 0:47:31The instruments used by surgeons were no less brutal.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33- It's actually a surgeon's kit. - Right.
0:47:33 > 0:47:38It was in use in the Crimean War and we've got a number of items in here.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40You've got the saw for going through bones.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42The saw for going through bone, yes.
0:47:42 > 0:47:46- Is this...is this a catheter, here? - That's a catheter there.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48Oh, my God, that fills me with utter horror.
0:47:48 > 0:47:53Before that, you would actually use one of these flesh knives.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56You actually cut through the flesh, down to the bone.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58Somewhat horrific.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02- How far we are removed from it. - Absolutely.- And thank God.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04When people say to you, "Do you know what?
0:48:04 > 0:48:06"I'd love to live in the 19th century,
0:48:06 > 0:48:09"it would have been - or the 18th century"...
0:48:09 > 0:48:12I wouldn't even want to have been born in the 1950s, for God's sake.
0:48:12 > 0:48:13I was born in the 1940s.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16- Yes - I wouldn't even want that! - Primitive.
0:48:16 > 0:48:21I'm going to go away feeling, um...a little bit nauseous,
0:48:21 > 0:48:23but I think I'll survive.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26But, also, I've had my knowledge increased.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28- Yeah.- It's been a pleasure.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31What a fascinating - albeit rather gruesome -
0:48:31 > 0:48:32visit for Thomas.
0:48:33 > 0:48:37So, Charlie started this leg with £195.36
0:48:37 > 0:48:41and spent it all on four auction lots.
0:48:41 > 0:48:45101-piece Royal Doulton dinner service, a Victorian toffee
0:48:45 > 0:48:50mallet, a 19th century Prattware pot lid and a Roman glass bottle.
0:48:50 > 0:48:55Thomas began with a whopping £416.88 and spent less than half
0:48:55 > 0:48:59- £200 to be precise - on five auction lots.
0:48:59 > 0:49:04A terracotta honey drizzler, World War I military binoculars,
0:49:04 > 0:49:08an Arts and Crafts oval mirror with an Art Nouveau floral tray,
0:49:08 > 0:49:12an early Art Nouveau brass spirit kettle
0:49:12 > 0:49:16and an Art Deco spelter table light modelled as a jockey and horse.
0:49:18 > 0:49:22The WMF - I thought it might have been Benson or someone like that,
0:49:22 > 0:49:25not WMF, but it's very stylish.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28But who buys them nowadays? That's the point.
0:49:29 > 0:49:33Oh, God, you know...it is awkward, really, isn't it?
0:49:33 > 0:49:36Cos I don't really like two of the items he's bought -
0:49:36 > 0:49:40the pot lid and the dinner service.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42Oh, Roscoe, please make some money, please -
0:49:42 > 0:49:44I feel sorry for you.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47Crumbs! Is that dinner service a gamble too far?
0:49:47 > 0:49:49Will there be tears at tea-time?
0:49:49 > 0:49:51Let's get to the auction and find out.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56Thomas and Charlie's third leg began in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire,
0:49:56 > 0:49:59continued northwards into the lovely county of Worcestershire,
0:49:59 > 0:50:03and now, they're finishing up at an auction in Wrexham, North Wales.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08- Blimey!- God, I never realised Wrexham was so busy.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11- It's because you're here, Thomas. - No, it's because YOU'RE here, Roscoe.
0:50:11 > 0:50:13After you...
0:50:15 > 0:50:18All our chaps' items will be going under the hammer here
0:50:18 > 0:50:20at Wingetts Auction House,
0:50:20 > 0:50:22an establishment which has been selling off goods
0:50:22 > 0:50:24for almost 50 years.
0:50:24 > 0:50:29In charge of today's proceedings is auctioneer Richard Hughes.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32First up is Thomas's honey drizzler.
0:50:32 > 0:50:35£10 to start, then - got to be that, surely.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38£5, only bid - standing with you, sir, now.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40That's the main - but eight in front, if you want it?
0:50:40 > 0:50:43At £5, I'm only bid, standing - eight bid. Ten.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45Nearly into a profit.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47Lady's bid in front. Only bid now.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49Is there ten in the room? You're out?
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Your bid, madam.
0:50:51 > 0:50:52Oh.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55But the great thing about only spending £11 -
0:50:55 > 0:50:57- you haven't lost a lot.- No.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00True, although it will be more than £1
0:51:00 > 0:51:03once the auction house takes its well-earned commission.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06Apiarists should stay at home and look after their bees.
0:51:06 > 0:51:10It's the first of Charlie's big purchases up next -
0:51:10 > 0:51:13his pot lid, bought for £95.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15Give me £100 for it.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17Got to be that, surely.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19£50 to start, then.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22- All gone quiet...- Oh...
0:51:22 > 0:51:26I'm only bid by the doorway there, £20. Now 25...
0:51:26 > 0:51:28You'll be fine, it's OK.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31£25, the bid, standing at the back of the room.
0:51:31 > 0:51:3430 in front, sir. Five, sir. 40.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37- And five. 50...- Halfway...
0:51:38 > 0:51:4160. And five, sir. 70.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44- £65.- Go on...- More!
0:51:44 > 0:51:4765 bid standing.
0:51:47 > 0:51:48Goes with you, sir.
0:51:49 > 0:51:50Thank you.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54- Oh-ho-ho... - Oh, shut up, Roscoe.
0:51:54 > 0:51:55THOMAS LAUGHS
0:51:55 > 0:51:58Ouch! Charlie really needed to make a profit there.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Got any tissues, Thomas?
0:52:00 > 0:52:01I'm crying.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05There's always the dinner service.
0:52:05 > 0:52:07But now it's time for Thomas's binoculars.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10£5 to start, then. Five, I'm bid eight. Ten, sir.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12There's a man next to me, bidding.
0:52:12 > 0:52:1415. 18. 20.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17And two. 25.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19- 28.- Oh...
0:52:19 > 0:52:21- 30.- Ooh!
0:52:21 > 0:52:2330 - fresh bidder, two.
0:52:23 > 0:52:27£30, your bid, sir, in the room, in the centre at 30 bid.
0:52:27 > 0:52:2932, lady's bid. 35, sir.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31If you like?
0:52:32 > 0:52:34Sold in front.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36- Thomas...- 35.
0:52:36 > 0:52:37First handshake of the day.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41Well done, Thomas. A solid gain.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43There's a difference between you and me, isn't there?
0:52:43 > 0:52:45What do you mean?
0:52:45 > 0:52:46One of us makes a profit.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49Now, don't give up, Charlie.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52It's your toffee mallet, bought for 36p.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55£5 - £5, I've got. Bid eight.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57Bid ten, sir? 12. 15. 18...
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Roscoe!
0:52:59 > 0:53:0020...
0:53:00 > 0:53:02£18, now, I'm only bid with you, madam.
0:53:02 > 0:53:04Should have bought five of these.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08Sold at 18.
0:53:08 > 0:53:12Well done, sir. 36p to £18.
0:53:12 > 0:53:14Yep, that's the way to do it, boy.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17A well-needed sweetener for Charlie.
0:53:17 > 0:53:2050 times what it cost.
0:53:20 > 0:53:21CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:53:23 > 0:53:26Now, what about Thomas's pairing of the pewter dish and the mirror?
0:53:26 > 0:53:29£20, then - mirror and the dish for £20.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31Got to be that, surely.
0:53:31 > 0:53:32£20, I've got - thank you, madam.
0:53:32 > 0:53:33We're away now...
0:53:33 > 0:53:36Thomas, we're away.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38And five. 40. And five.
0:53:38 > 0:53:4150. And five.
0:53:41 > 0:53:4360. And five.
0:53:43 > 0:53:4470...
0:53:44 > 0:53:47Good night, Road Trip.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49- Shut up, Roscoe!- And seated...
0:53:49 > 0:53:53I'm not very good at this, Roscoe. I'm not good at this.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56False modesty is most unbecoming, Thomas.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58But well done all the same.
0:53:58 > 0:53:59- Do you know, Thomas?- What?
0:53:59 > 0:54:01I couldn't be thrashed by a nicer person.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03Shut up, please. You're not being thrashed.
0:54:03 > 0:54:08It's Thomas up again now, this time with his early WMF spirit kettle.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10£50.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12£20, I've got five bid. 30. Five, sir.
0:54:12 > 0:54:1440. And five.
0:54:14 > 0:54:1550. Five.
0:54:15 > 0:54:1760. Five.
0:54:17 > 0:54:18Five bid, 60.
0:54:18 > 0:54:2070. 80.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22I'll take 75, if you want, then.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25At £70, the bid's on the left. £75, madam. 80.
0:54:25 > 0:54:26And five.
0:54:26 > 0:54:29£80, standing.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31All done and finished...
0:54:31 > 0:54:34- Ooh...- Well done. Washed your face.
0:54:34 > 0:54:35- Mm.- Just a tad...
0:54:35 > 0:54:41Certainly not what Thomas expected. That's a loss after commission.
0:54:41 > 0:54:42Oh, God, that was quite...
0:54:42 > 0:54:44- You're quite pleased, actually, aren't you?- I am.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46I am really pleased.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48Glad YOU are.
0:54:49 > 0:54:53Now it's Charlie's big gamble. He needs to make up a lot of ground
0:54:53 > 0:54:57and it all comes down to his enormous dinner service.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00£20 - all right, I'm bid, standing on my right with you, sir.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03Maiden bid at 20. Now five bid. 30, if you like, sir.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06- At £25... - Oh, dear. It's not looking good.
0:55:06 > 0:55:0935 bid. 40. And five, sir.
0:55:09 > 0:55:1150. 50 at the back. And five.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13It's quite a big chunk -
0:55:13 > 0:55:14bit of lifting there.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17You'd think if someone wants it for...oh.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20At 60 bid, seated with you, sir.
0:55:20 > 0:55:21We need a little bit more.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23You need a LOT more!
0:55:23 > 0:55:25CHARLIE SIGHS
0:55:25 > 0:55:28I have to say, that's a lot for the money, isn't it?
0:55:28 > 0:55:33It certainly is - someone got themselves a bargain.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35Stop laughing! I've started with a modest loss.
0:55:36 > 0:55:40Now, will Thomas's table lighter make it out of the starter's block?
0:55:40 > 0:55:43£20, I've got, then - thank you, madam, at the back.
0:55:43 > 0:55:44Five bid. 30.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46Five, sir. 40. Five.
0:55:46 > 0:55:4945. 50. Five.
0:55:49 > 0:55:5055, sir.
0:55:50 > 0:55:5160.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53Five. 70.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56Five. 80.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59- Five... - This is a masterclass in dealing.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01I'm bid 85. 90.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03- Ooh!- Get in there!
0:56:03 > 0:56:04100.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06110. 110, sir?
0:56:06 > 0:56:09Jumping over there. Go on, 105!
0:56:09 > 0:56:11105. Ten...
0:56:11 > 0:56:12Break the seal.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14120. And five.
0:56:14 > 0:56:18130. And five.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20140. And five.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23Selling and going at 140...
0:56:23 > 0:56:25Oh!
0:56:29 > 0:56:31Roscoe, Roscoe!
0:56:31 > 0:56:33A stonking profit for Thomas
0:56:33 > 0:56:36as his table lighter streaks across the finishing line.
0:56:36 > 0:56:39- Have you ever seen me sulk? - No, and you don't sulk.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41- You're about to see me sulk. - You don't sulk. You don't sulk.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46I'm going to sulk now. I'm not speaking again today.
0:56:46 > 0:56:47Don't be moody.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49Now, Charlie, it's the last lot of the day
0:56:49 > 0:56:51and it's your Roman bottle.
0:56:51 > 0:56:52Nice antiquity there.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54Give me £50 for it.
0:56:56 > 0:56:57- 2,000 years old.- Yeah.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00- £20 to start...- Nearly as old as me.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02In the corner, now, and I'll take five.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05Maiden bid. 25 bid. 30.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07Five, sir. 40.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10And five. 50.
0:57:10 > 0:57:11And five, sir.
0:57:11 > 0:57:14- 60...- Do you think it's going to make a million?
0:57:14 > 0:57:18- £65...- This is at £65,000.
0:57:18 > 0:57:1960, back in. Five.
0:57:19 > 0:57:2070.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22Oh, brilliant.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24Go on!
0:57:24 > 0:57:25Sold at 65.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29That's a very good return on my money.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31Well done, Roscoe.
0:57:31 > 0:57:36Hurrah! At last, an extremely respectable profit for Roscoe.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38This is the nadir of my existence.
0:57:38 > 0:57:42You're going to turn a corner and you're going to nail me -
0:57:42 > 0:57:43nail me, from now on in.
0:57:43 > 0:57:45Well, that remains to be seen.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48So, Charlie started off this leg on the back foot
0:57:48 > 0:57:50with £195.36
0:57:50 > 0:57:56and has - oh, dear - made a loss of £24.80 after auction costs.
0:57:56 > 0:58:01That leaves him with a depleted £170.56 to carry forward.
0:58:01 > 0:58:04Don't cry, Charlie, please. It's humiliating.
0:58:04 > 0:58:07Thomas's winning streak, though, continues unabated.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09He began this leg with £416.88
0:58:09 > 0:58:13and has made a profit of £68.96.
0:58:13 > 0:58:16That means his total soars again.
0:58:16 > 0:58:21He has £485.84 to spend next time.
0:58:21 > 0:58:22Well done.
0:58:22 > 0:58:25Right - there's only one way I'm going to win this competition.
0:58:25 > 0:58:27Scaring you.
0:58:27 > 0:58:30Goodbye, Wrexham. Hope I never see you again!
0:58:30 > 0:58:32It wasn't that bad!